adequacy | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequateness |
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(noun) the quality of being sufficient for the end in view | Synonyms: sufficiency |
aguacate | (noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed | Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear |
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aquaculture | (noun) rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food | - |
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bivouac | (noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | Synonyms: camp, cantonment, encampment |
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(noun) a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | Synonyms: campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment |
bivouacking | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: camping, encampment, tenting |
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gouache | (noun) a watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum | - |
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(noun) an opaque watercolor prepared with gum | - |
guacamole | (noun) a dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings | - |
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guacharo | (noun) nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter | Synonyms: oilbird, Steatornis caripensis |
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inadequacy | (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate | Synonyms: inadequateness |
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(noun) lack of an adequate quantity or number | Synonyms: deficiency, insufficiency |
(noun) a lack of competence | Synonyms: insufficiency |
loquaciousness | (noun) the quality of being wordy and talkative | Synonyms: garrulity, garrulousness, loquacity, talkativeness |
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loquacity | (noun) the quality of being wordy and talkative | Synonyms: garrulity, garrulousness, loquaciousness, talkativeness |
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quack | (noun) the harsh sound of a duck | - |
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(noun) an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice | - |
quackery | (noun) medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings | Synonyms: empiricism |
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(noun) the dishonesty of a charlatan | Synonyms: charlatanism |
quackgrass | (noun) European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed | Synonyms: Agropyron repens, couch grass, dog grass, quack grass, quick grass, witch grass, witchgrass |
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